The election blogs
I am happy to note that student elections are getting good coverage this year by student journalists. A few of them are running election blogs. The leading blog this year definitely goes to Wassim Garzouzi for his coverage of both the Student Federation of the University of Ottawa…
The great advertising heist
York University’s marketing department has had just about enough of the Globe and Mail stealing their signature advertising concept, according to the Financial Post. The Post reports that the two parties are negotiating over what York is arguing is the theft of their advertising strategy. The ads in…
Campus Pick: How to cover a student election
*Maclean’s On Campus *gives props to Wassim Garzouzi for probably the best student union election coverage in the country. Garzouzi has been single-handedly running a daily (sometimes hourly) blog detailing every aspect of the elections for the student union at the University of Ottawa. Garzouzi has provided an…
Kraft Dinner
is a good way to make your point.…
You can’t say that!
Free speech is again the centre of controversy at York University after the students’ union canceled an on-campus abortion debate last week only four hours before the event was scheduled to commence. This has some students accusing the York Federation of Students of quashing open dialogue around issues…
Another chapter for one of SFU’s most (in)famous alumni
Although this has very little to do with post-secondary education, it’s hilarious nonetheless. Right-wing pundit Rachel Marsden — an SFU alumnus — has yet another one of her love-life scandals in the newspapers. She first became known when she accused a SFU swimming coach of sexual harassment in…
N.S. Liberals call for free medical school tuition
The Liberal Party of Nova Scotia is calling for a program that would encourage medical school grads to stay in the province after graduation. The initiative would provide funding to pay for students’ tuition and some living costs in exchange for five years of service. Funding would be…
Photo essay: McMaster’s Israel Apartheid Rally
McMaster University was the scene of a boisterous rally today as pro-Israel and pro-Palestine groups took to the microphone to condemn or support Israel. The event wasn’t good or bad – at least it didn’t break down into a physical confrontation. The “after-rally” was very hardline. Even this…
Quebec cracks down on ancillary fees
The Quebec government announced a cap on extra fees charged to students on top of tuition. The move is intended to monitor ancillary fees at universities and close a loophole that allowed universities to raise fees despite strict regulation of tuition costs. Education minister Michelle Courchesne noted that…
Budget 2008: Millennium Foundation to be replaced
A decade after it was created, the Canadian Millennium Scholarship Foundation will be replaced by a new needs-based, non-repayable grant program to be called the Canada Student Grant Program. The Conservative government says that, after a year-long review of student aid, it found the Foundation had limited success…